Article snippet: An aggressive push by progressives to impeach Supreme Court Justice MORE is falling flat on Capitol Hill. A coalition of House Democrats, 2020 presidential candidates and influential outside groups is trying to build momentum for ousting Kavanaugh in the aftermath of a new sexual misconduct allegation against him. Rep. MORE (D-Mass.) introduced a resolution Tuesday calling for an impeachment inquiry after The New York Times reported over the weekend that a former Yale University classmate alleged Kavanaugh exposed himself at a college party and that other students pushed Kavanaugh’s genitals into the hand of a female student. “This is the reckoning, and gone are the days where we will be complicit and lackadaisical in the fact that this is an epidemic and survivors deserve healing and justice and everyone deserves due process,” Pressley said during an interview with CNN. But Democratic leaders are signaling they want nothing to do with the impeachment chatter, which comes as they are already trying to juggle a simmering fight over the impeachment of MORE within their own ranks and getting a stopgap funding bill through Congress by the end of next week. Senate Minority Leader MORE (D-N.Y.) sidestepped when asked Tuesday about efforts to impeach Kavanaugh, noting that he had opposed Trump’s pick during last year’s months-long confirmation brawl. “I’ve said this before: Very simply, I never thought Kavanaugh should be on the bench, and I still don’t today,” Schumer ... Link to the full article to read more
Kavanaugh impeachment push hits Capitol buzz saw | TheHill
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